History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue Frans Léon

In Dutch: Frans Léonstraat

Rue Frans Léon, in Evere, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 52% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 19% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18793
1880 – 19132
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19694
1970 – 198914
1990 – 20093
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables
Named in: 1946

Frans Léon (1866-1947), membre de la commission d'assistance publique d'Evere. Ex. rue Philippe de Groef, promoteur, collaborateur durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Rue débaptisée. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.